The Business and Human Rights Landscape

Jena Martin is a Professor of Law at West Virginia University College of Law. Her scholarship focuses on the business and human rights field, specifically the role of national law and governance models. Before entering academia, she worked for the United States Securities and Exchange Commission's Division of Enforcement. Karen E. Bravo is a Professor of Law and Associate Dean for Graduate Studies and International Affairs at the Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law. In addition to her research on illicit international markets, human trafficking, and international trade law, she has conducted rule of law reform work in the Republic of Armenia.

Introduction. More of the same? Or introduction of a new paradigm? Karen E. Bravo and Jena Martin; Part I. Looking Back: The Historical Context of Business and Human Rights: 1. The enterprise of empire: evolving understandings of corporate identity and responsibility Erika R. George; 2. The Arab League boycott of Israel: warring histories, international trade, and human rights James J. Friedberg; 3. Multi-stakeholder initiatives and the evolution of the business and human rights discourse: lessons from the Kimberley Process and conflict diamonds Atabongawung Tamo; 4. Business and human rights after Ruggie's mandate: feasible next steps Alexandra Popova; Part II. The Framework: Examining the Relevant Principles that Underlie a Business and Human Rights Agenda: 5. Business, respect, and human rights George G. Brenkert; 6. Global need: rethinking business norms Patricia Illingworth; 7. Corporate accountability for human rights: from top-down towards a bottom-up approach Jernej Letnar Černič; 8. Living in a material world – from naming and shaming to knowing and showing: will new disclosure regimes finally drive corporate accountability for human rights? Marcia L. Narine; 9. Democratizing the global business and human rights project by catalyzing strategic litigation from the bottom up Larry Catá Backer, Nabih Haddad, Tomonori Teraoka and Keren Wang; 10. The impact of the 'Ruggie Framework' and the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights on transnational human rights litigation Astrid Sanders; 11. The third pillar: remedies, reparations, and the Ruggie principles Jonathan Drimmer and Lisa J. Laplante; 12. The evolving business and society landscape: can human rights make a difference? Michael Addo and Jena Martin; Part III. Moving Forward: Implementing a Business and Human Rights Agenda: 13. From principles to practice: implementing corporate responsibility for human rights Justine Nolan; 14. Business, human rights, and due diligence: an approach for contractual integration Blair E. Kanis; 15. Corporate codes of conduct and working conditions in the global supply chain: accountability through transparency in private ordering Meredith R. Miller; 16. Transnational businesses, the right to safe working conditions, and the Rana Plaza building collapse: toward a tort-based solution to the global race to the bottom Ashton S. Phillips; 17. The United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights in the European Union: from regional action to national implementation Humberto Cantú Rivera; 18. China's corporate social responsibility with national characteristics: coherence and dissonance with the global business and human rights project Larry Catá Backer; 19. Avoiding the resource curse: applying the Guiding Principles in Kenya Nyakundi M. Michieka and Dustin Blankenship; 20. Business and human rights: a call for labor liberalization Karen E. Bravo.